Detachable bed-guard.



M. F. SMITH.

DETAGHABLE BED GUARD.

' APPLICATION FILED 00117, 1910.

1,062,127. Patented May 20, 1913.

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To all whom it may concern:

State of California,

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Be it known that I, MARJORIE F. SMITH, a citizen of the United'States,residing at Redlands, in the county of San Bernardino, have invented newand useful Improvements in Detachable Bed- Guards, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bed steads, and

portable attachment which can be secured to the side of a bed stead soas to form a bar or guard on the side thereof to prevent an infant fromfalling out of thebed. Where one side of the bed stead is barred by awall it is only necessary to provide one of these The device isconstructed of flexible members which can be rolled up and readilycarried from place to place or packed in a trunk or a shipping case.

The invention resides also inthe combination of means fol-securing theends of the device to the bed stead, and to means for taking up theslack where the device is too long for the bedstea In the drawingforming a part of the annexed specification, Figure 1 is a perspectiveshowing the bed stead and show: ing a corner of the room in which the"bed stead is placed, and illustrating the manner in which my device isapplied to the outer side of the bedstead. Fig. 2 is a side elevationshowing one of the devices removed from the bedstead, and showing thesame broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspective of a snap hook whichconstitutes a feature of the invention. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectiontaken through the foot board of 'a bed stead and showing the meansemployed for securing the devlce'to the corner posts when the cornerpost is constructed so as to prevent the fastening from being passedcompletely around it. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing one end of thetake-up devices when having the construction view also illustrates takeup devices for takmg up the slack of the device to make it showing thesame rolled up Specification of Letters Patent. Application filedOctober 17, 1910.

the object of the invention is to produce a as shown. At the oppositeend shown in Fig." 4, and this- Patented May 20, 1913. Serial No.587,376.

particularly to the parts, bedstead of any suitable construction, andmade of iron or brass or similar metal. This bed stead has a foot frame9 with corner posts or foot posts 10 and a head frame 11 having cornerposts or head posts 12. The bedstead illustrated is represented asplaced in the corner of the room so that it is closed on its inner sideby a wall.

In order to adapt the bed st to prevent an infant from falling out of it-I provide the outer side of the bed stead with one of my bars or guards13 and this guard has two longitudinally disposed strips 14 of leatheror similar flexible material; and be- Referring more 8 represents the"tween these two strips 14 intermediate strips 15 are provided, all ofsaid strips extending parallel with each other and being connectedtogether by vertical bars or slats 16. At one end the strips 14 areextendedso as to form tapered tongues 1-7 to the ends of which snaphooks 18 are attached, and these snap hooks are adapted to be placedaround the foot post 10 and attached to rings 19 secured on the sides ofthe straps of the guard I provide straps 20 which are adapted to passaround the head post and can'be secured thereto by means of buckles 21attached to strips as indicated. The lower strip 14 is provided with twolight straps or strlngs 22 which are adapted to be tied around the outerside rail23 of the bedstead. This gives the guard curity near its middlepoint. I At a suitable point on the strips 14 I proadditional sevidetakeup straps 22, co6perating with buckles 23- which enable the slack OfthGstrips to be taken up if the guard is too long for the bedstead to be dend fastenin devices. The manner in which this take up evice is operatedis indicated in Fig. -6, which view represents the strips 14 at thepoint where the slack has been taken up, the surplus of the material ofthe strips 14 being disposed in loops 24 as shown.

The device may be used on bedsteads which do not present round postssimilar to the posts 10 and 12 and in order to adapt it for use in sucha case I provide the construction shown in Fig. 5. In this view theupper and lower strips 25 are not extended beyondthe ends of the guardbut are provided with flexible metal hooks 26 which are adapted to rawntaut by the bend around the puter side of the corner post as shown inFig. 4. The inner ends of these hooks are pivotally attached by eyelets28 to the ends of the strips as shown. It should be understood thatthese hooks 26 have sufiicient stifi'ness to retain the position intowhich they are bent at the post 27, the ends of the hooks passing aroundand coming against the outer face of the headboard 29 or foot board asindicated. In other respects the guard is constructed identically withthe guard shown in Fig. 2 having take-up devices 30 on the strips 25 andhaving intermediate strips 31, all the strips being connected byvertical slats 32 as shown.

The bed guard constructed as described can be rolled up into a-roll asindicated in Fig. 7 when not in use and in this form may be convenientlycarried or packed in a'trunk for traveling. It can be readily applied asan attachment for the sides of bedsteads or berths, operating to preventan infant from rolling out of the bed as suggested above. When thedevice is in daily use the straps 20 may be left permanently secured andthe snap hooks released'to permit the guard to be folded back.

What I claim is 1. A bed guard consisting of a pair of longitudinallydisposed flexible strips, straps and buckles attached at the inner endof said strips for securing the same to a bed post, detachable snap hookdevices at the opposite ends of said strips. adapted to secure the sametothe opposite bed post, intermediate strips disposed between said firststrips, transverse rigid slats connecting all of said strips, takeupdevices disposed on said first strips for taking up the slack thereof,and means on said guard for securing the same at an intermediate pointto the side rail of the bedstead.

2. A bed guard consisting of upper and lower longitudinally disposedflexible strips, straps and buckles attached at one end of said stripsfor securing the same to a bed post, detachable snap hook devices at theopposite ends of said strips adapted to secure the same to the oppositebed post, intermediate strips disposed between said first strips andlying in the same plane as the said upper and lower strips, meansmounted on said flexible strips to adjust the length of said bed guardand transverse rigid slats connecting all of said strips whereby thelongitudinally disposed flexible strips are prevented from sagging whenthe guard is attached to a bed.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 7th day of October, 1910.

MARJORIE F. SMITH.

\Vitnesses:

KATE M. FARGO, MARY C. WILLIAMS.

